Meaning
A face captured mid-sneeze, with eyes squinted or closed, mouth open wide, and often a little motion cloud or spray lines indicating the force of the sneeze. The expression is one of temporary loss of control, sometimes with cheeks puffed or features scrunched. It's the emoji equivalent of "achoo!"
People use the sneezing face to indicate they have allergies, a cold, or the flu. It's practical messaging when explaining why you're sniffling through a video call or why you're feeling under the weather. Beyond the literal, it's become a way to communicate general sickness—someone with a bad cold might use sneezing face to sum up their whole vibe. It also appears when someone's talking about seasonal allergies or spring pollen struggles.
In casual conversation, the sneezing face sometimes shows up as a reaction to something that made you react physically—not just sneezes, but also sudden surprises or shocks. It's less commonly used for metaphorical meaning compared to other sick emojis, staying fairly grounded in its literal purpose.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 3 in 2016, the sneezing face fills a specific niche in the illness emoji roster. While not as dramatically expressive as the vomiting face, it's more specific to cold and flu symptoms than some broader sick-face emojis, making it perfect for seasonal health updates.
Common Uses
- • Indicating you have allergies or pollen sensitivity
- • Communicating cold or flu symptoms
- • Joking about seasonal sickness
- • Explaining why you sound sick on a call
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The sneezing emoji saw significant usage increases during spring allergy season, becoming one of the most seasonally predictable emojis in messaging data.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:sneezing_face: :sneezing_face: :sneezing_face: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🤧 |
| HTML (hex) | 🤧 |
| CSS | \1F927 |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDD27 |
| Python | \U0001F927 |
| Java | \uD83E\uDD27 |
| Perl | \x{1F927} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F927} |
| Punycode | xn--2rs7 |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A4%A7 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA4 0xA7 |
🤧 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | হাঁচি |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 打喷嚏 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 打噴嚏 |
| Danish | nysende ansigt |
| Dutch | niezend gezicht |
| English | sneezing face |
| English (UK) | sneezing face |
| Estonian | aevastav nägu |
| Finnish | aivastava |
| French | visage qui éternue |
| German | niesendes Gesicht |
| Hindi | छींकता चेहरा |
| Hungarian | tüsszentő arc |
| Italian | faccina che starnutisce |
| Japanese | くしゃみする顔 |
| Korean | 재채기하는 얼굴 |
| Lithuanian | čiaudantis veidas |
| Malay | muka bersin |
| Norwegian | nyser |
| Polish | kichająca twarz |
| Portuguese | rosto espirrando |
| Russian | чихает |
| Spanish | cara estornudando |
| Spanish (Mexico) | cara estornudando |
| Swedish | nysande ansikte |
| Thai | จาม |
| Ukrainian | обличчя, що чхає |
| Vietnamese | mặt hắt hơi |